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Mr-ex777 Since: Apr, 2019
2023-03-13 04:16:03

No it doesn't. You can be just melodramatic in your speech without milking the cow and you can still be a large ham. Cold Ham is the same thing.

Edited by Mr-ex777
DopamineMess-14-qq Since: Jan, 2023
2023-03-13 04:33:44

Once again, melodramatic doesn't mean boisterous, raised voice, right? So you neither have to move your hands nor raise your voice, but still can be a Large Ham?

Mr-ex777 Since: Apr, 2019
2023-03-13 04:34:50

That's called a Cold Ham. If you are a Large Ham, you raise your voice greatly at least.

DopamineMess-14-qq Since: Jan, 2023
2023-03-13 04:49:33

And even if character neither raises voice nor moves body, but even Nicolas Cage is jealous of hic mimic, he's just a Cold Ham?

Like, I can think of 3 ways of performer being able to express character's emotions(forgive my autistic ass if i'm wrong):through speaking, through mimic, and through body language. If actor does at least one in a boisterous, very emotional way, he's a Large Ham; if neither, while still managing to overact, he's a Cold Ham. Do i think correctly?

Mr-ex777 Since: Apr, 2019
2023-03-13 04:55:16

Had to be through speaking at least. The body movements are optional.

DopamineMess-14-qq Since: Jan, 2023
2023-03-13 05:22:14

Fine, I think I understand about large hams.

Technically, I should create another thread for this, but since you're active here... I recently had something of debate with another troper about the meaning of the trope Drunk on the Dark Side. He(troper) says that if character just BECAME evil than this trope applies for him. I, in reply, disagree with him and say that character already have to be villain in order to this this trope to apply for him. Anakin Skywalker character page ambiguously implies that I'm right. But what do You think?

Mr-ex777 Since: Apr, 2019
2023-03-13 05:27:05

I know nothing about Star Wars.

Edited by Mr-ex777
DopamineMess-14-qq Since: Jan, 2023
2023-03-13 05:28:03

But what about just trope?

Mr-ex777 Since: Apr, 2019
2023-03-13 05:32:13

No difference. A villain who has just completed a Heel–Face Turn who was drunk on the dark side is still a villain.

Edited by Mr-ex777
DopamineMess-14-qq Since: Jan, 2023
2023-03-13 05:42:32

Wait, what if character was, like, brainwashed or under evil charms, due to which he behaves evil and chews the scenery?

And, well, why is trope named Drunk ON the dark side? I understand the title in a way like "location of those who drunk is the Dark Side". If it's not, why preposition "On" used instead of "With"(like in Drunk with Power)? Or is it like in a phrase "high on (some drug)"?

GastonRabbit MOD (General of TV Troops)
2023-03-13 06:07:31

Please take this discussion to Trope Talk. Ask The Tropers is the wrong place for hashing out trope definitions.

Edited by GastonRabbit You can't just say "perchance".
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